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It’s time to rethink the who, what, where, why and how of big data. After a surge of important news in the past couple weeks, we’re approaching a period of relative calm and can finally assess how the space has evolved in the past year. Here are five trends shaping up that should change almost everything about big data in the near future, including how it’s done, who’s doing it and where it’s consumed. Feel free to share the trends you’re seeing in the comments.